An E. coli outbreak connected to several recalled brands of bagged organic carrots has left one person dead and over a dozen hospitalized, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Learn if cooking carrots can kill E. coli and how to stay safe amid the outbreak linked to Grimmway Farms’ recalled organic carrots.

In the wake of the deadly E. coli outbreak linked to onions at McDonald's, another vegetable—carrots—is being pinned as the cause of a separate fatal spread of the illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that organic carrots distributed by Grimmway Farms have been